In the wake of William F. Buckley’s death, I’ve seen a few postings of this video (do not read the comments oh my God) in which he and Chomsky have a civilized and intelligent debate the likes of which we will not see again probably ever.
But Buckley wasn’t always so nice:
Buckley appeared in a series of televised debates with Gore Vidal during the 1968 Democratic Party convention. In their penultimate debate on August 28 of that year, the two disagreed over the actions of the Chicago police and the protesters at the ongoing Democratic Convention in Chicago. At one point Vidal called Buckley a “pro-crypto Nazi”, to which Buckley replied, “Now listen, you queer, stop calling me a crypto-Nazi or I will sock you in your goddamn face, and you will stay plastered.”
Note to self: Use ’sock’ and ‘crypto-Nazi’ in at least two sentences this week.
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